POTENTIAL OF RECLAMATION AREA OF COAL MINING SITES IN MEDICAL FIELD

Besides giving many benefits, coal mining has an impact to the environment as well. Reclamation is one of the efforts conducted to minimalize the environmental damage it causes. This research was been carried out in the reclamation area of PT Borneo Indobara concession. The well-grown plants in the reclamation site are not only woody plants and relay-cropping plants, but also various kinds of shrubs which not only showing the return of physical and chemical properties of land but also showing the potential for further exploration and development of the plants, so therefore it can be the added value for reclamation area. The aim of study is to explore the plant diversity in reclamation area and its potential to be developed in medical field. The study of vegetation is conducted to inventory plants growing wild in shrubs and herbs classification in reclamation land. The reference search is also conducted to find out the medical potential of plants deriving from the inventory. The result of study shows that there are 41 types of flowering plants deriving from 17 tribes and 3 types of ferns deriving from 3 tribes. Further analysis reveals that there are 8 species growing dominantly in the reclamation area. The result of reference search from these dominant plants reveal the promising potential in medicine either in vitro, in vivo or traditionally in which the community around the world has used to cure various diseases.